Chapter 2

Chapter 2 "For the last time," Sugar protested as she stood balanced atop Poppy, Dirt, and Sweetie, "this is NOT A POOL!" Sugar then pulled herself up over the edge of the nonpool. "What is it then?" Dirt asked as Sugar then reached down for Poppy and pulled her out. Poppy held on to Sugar's legs as she reached down farther into the hole for Dirt. Then Dirt held Poppy who held Sugar who reached farther still for Sweetie.

“我再说最后一次，”小甜甜站在波比、小泥和小甜心的身上，保持平衡，“这不是游泳池！”然后，休格爬上了无水池的边缘。 “那是什么？”土妞问道，然后伸出手把波比拉了出来。 波比抓住休格的腿，往洞里探泥巴。 然后泥土抱着波比，波比抱着小甜甜，小甜甜走得更远，去找小甜心。

"It's a storm shelter," answered Sugar, lowering her voice, "to keep us safe." "Is there a big storm coming?" Poppy snuggled up close to Sweetie. "There's always a storm coming, kid," replied Sugar. "I've been watching those Connolly kids next door, and they've been moving all kinds of things into their garage. A little bit every day. They know something is coming, and now I know something is coming too."

“这是一个避风的地方，”休格压低声音回答，“保护我们的安全。” “暴风雨要来了吗？”波比依偎在小甜心身边。 “暴风雨总是要来的，孩子，”休格回答。 “我一直在观察隔壁康诺利家的孩子们，他们一直在把各种各样的东西搬到他们的车库里。 每天一点点。他们知道有什么要来，现在我也知道有什么要来了。”

"Really??" All the yellow drained from Poppy's face. "I've already checked the weather report for today, Poppy," Dirt said reassuringly. "There are no storms in the forecast at all." "Maybe not today. Maybe not here," announced Sugar. "But mark my words, kid, somewhere in the world, a storm is brewing at this very moment." "Is that true???" Poppy cried out. "Sort of," explained Dirt reluctantly, shooting Sugar a dirty look. "Storms happen when warm, moist air meets up with cool air. And, well, there's a lot of air warming and cooling around the planet, pretty much all the time. So, yes, there is probably a storm brewing somewhere in the world right now." "That is exactly what I just said," Sugar remarked. "It really isn't," replied Dirt. "Listen, whether it strikes today or tomorrow or next week doesn't matter," said

“真的吗? ?”波比脸上所有的黄色都消失了。 “我已经查过今天的天气预报了，波比。”泥土安慰地说。 “天气预报里根本没有暴风雨。” “也许不是今天。也许不在这里。”糖宣布。 “但记住我的话，孩子，此时此刻，在世界的某个地方，一场风暴正在酝酿。” “这是真的吗——？”波比喊道。 “算是吧。”泥土不情愿地解释道，狠狠地瞪了糖一眼。 “当温暖潮湿的空气与冷空气相遇时，就会发生风暴。 而且，地球上有很多空气在变暖或变冷，几乎每时每刻都是如此。 所以，是的，世界上的某个地方可能正在酝酿一场风暴。” “我刚才就是这么说的，”休格说。 “真的不是。”泥土回答。 “听着，今天、明天还是下星期罢工都没关系，”他说

Sugar. "What matters is that we are prepared for it! There is absolutely no way to know when a storm will strike." Poppy jumped into Sweetie's arms. "Actually, scientists can watch storms as they develop and track them very closely by satellite and radar," explained Dirt, unfolding Poppy's legs one at time and coaxing him back to the ground. "Wow! I want to be a scientist," said Sweetie. "They know all kinds of things." "You'd make an excellent meteorologist, Sweetie," suggested Dirt. "What's a meteorologist?" asked Sweetie. "A person who studies meteors, kid," said Sugar. "Pay attention!" "Actually," said Dirt, writing the word in her notebook, "meteo is Greek for 'from the atmosphere' and ologist is a suffix that means 'someone who studies something.' So a meteorologist is a person who studies the weather."

糖。“重要的是我们已经做好了准备！”根本没有办法知道风暴什么时候会来。” 波比跳进了小甜甜的怀里。 “实际上，科学家们可以通过卫星和雷达观察风暴的发展，并密切跟踪它们，”Dirt解释说，一次打开Poppy的腿，哄它回到地面。 “哇!我想成为一名科学家，”甜心说。 “他们什么都懂。” “亲爱的，你会成为一名出色的气象学家。” “什么是气象学家？”甜心问。 “一个研究流星的人，孩子。”休格说。 “注意!”“实际上，”Dirt在笔记本上写下这个词，“meteo在希腊语中是‘来自大气层’的意思，ologist是‘研究某物的人’的后缀。所以气象学家就是研究天气的人。”

"Because weather comes from the atmosphere!" said Sweetie. "Exactly! Lots of the words we use today actually come from Greek or Latin," continued Dirt. "Seems like an awful lot of work just to say weatherman," said Sugar. "Weather meaning 'weather' and man meaning 'man.'"

“因为天气来自于大气！” “完全正确!我们今天使用的许多单词实际上来自希腊语或拉丁语。” “光说气象预报员，可真够费劲儿的。”休格说。 “天气就是‘天气’，人就是‘人’。”